George Bailey eager to succeed in the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand

Former Australian ODI captain George Bailey has exhibited a desire to perform well against the Black Caps in the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee trophy scheduled to commence in Sydney on Sunday. The veteran right-hander felt New Zealand had a well-drilled outfit and has the ability to test the Aussies in the 3 match ODI series.

While speaking to Mercury, Bailey said, “New Zealand’s record in one-day cricket is phenomenal. They have a really good blueprint, they bat deep, they field really athletically as a side and they have lots of options with the ball.”

Australia would be looking forward to making a comeback in the ODI and T20 series after getting whitewashed at the hands of the Proteas in South Africa. Bailey also added, “We obviously had a bit of a disappointing last tour so it’s nice to get back together in Australia and hopefully redeem ourselves.

“There’s certainly an expectation of success in this team and hopefully we can get back to winning ways.”

Though he was reluctant in answering about the mood in the Test team, he felt the ODI team will have a good buzz about it. “I don’t know what the mood in the Test team was but there was a lot said about it from the outside.

“It’s always a pretty good feeling when the one-day side comes together because you have that mix of players who have been in the Test team and guys coming in from the outside, so there’s a good bit of energy.

“There’s also some general enthusiasm and excitement in getting out and starting up the one-day summer against pretty tough rivals,” Bailey said

Bailey has been a very important member of the Australian team especially in the limited-overs format and was the leading run scorer during their last ODI series in India back in 2013 which they narrowly lost by a 2-3 margin.